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progressive

A simple, innocuous and arguably positive word that has been—in recent times—more and more associated with left-wing politics.

Little do people remember the ACTUAL definition of the word progressive.

Me: did you know that the word progressive means "happening or developing gradually or in stages; proceeding step by step"?

My friend: no I did not, I thought it was just a derogatory term for liberals.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian February 1, 2020

Dongle life

When a corporation intentionally limits what you can/cannot do with your electronic device and people just passively accept that as life.

C'mon Apple, we've been living the dongle life for years, carrying all these extra cables and adapters with us only because we have one damn port. I think about it's time that we (the consumers) had enough of this.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian July 26, 2020

Dakimakura

It's like that one episode in spongebob where barnacle boy shines a flashlight at this dude in his car who's making out with his pillow. Replace that pillow cover with one that has an anime girl and you've got yourself a dakimakura.

Dirty Bubble: OH! *points at a car* Shine the flashlight in that car, Man Ray!
Man Ray: Hahahaha, with pleasure! *shines on a guy making out with his dakimakura*
Fish: Hey man that's not cool...

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian November 27, 2021

manure

A fertilizer farmers use for their crops. The smell is so furiously stinky it is almost addicting in a way.

She: Wanna head back? The manure is starting to stink real bad here
He: Nah I'm fine with it. It's actually quite addicting in a way, ya know?
She: what.

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian August 7, 2021

mask burning

Apparently, this is a thing believe it or not. It happened recently in Idaho where a bunch of entitled Karens and their children gathered around the capitol state grounds and lit a bunch of face masks on fire.

Angry parents and children: STOP THE QUARANTINE, WE WANT OUR FREEDOMS BACK!!!!!!!!!

Angry parents and children: WE WILL RESORT TO MASK BURNING IF WE DON'T GET WHAT WE WANT!!!!!

Literally everyone else: lol

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian March 25, 2021

Personality trait

A personality trait is often thought of as labels you conform to (e.g. introvert/extrovert, shy/sociable), but really it should be thought of as something which makes a person unique.

In other words, personality traits refers to the idiosyncrasies of an individual.

Example 1: Brianna hated wearing braces in her middle to high school years, but ultimately it became her personality trait as it defined who she was.

Example 2: Being a night owl is a personality trait

Example 3: Having an odd and unusual kink is a personality trait as it is highly idiosyncratic

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian August 6, 2020

wish.com

A Chinese-run shopping platform that sells incredibly cheap items, both price-wise and quality-wise. It is a junkyard for cheap generic crap that will probably break or malfunction within 2 days. Also uses the most economical shipping method so expect the crummy item to arrive in 2-4 months. The platform also uses very deceptive marketing techniques. For example they label some items as "free" under the condition of paying for shipping (in reality, they just disguised the real price of the item as the shipping free).

People tend to rationalize the inferior quality with the low price, but honestly you can find much better quality products on Aliexpress with the same low price.

My friend: Just bought these $2 pair of generic earbuds from wish.com but it sounded like crap and only lasted 2 days.

Me: Bro why are you using wish.com? Delete that shit and just use Aliexpress instead. With Aliexpress you are getting access to a wider variety and selection of items which includes high quality items from well-established Chinese brands. They are also crazy cheap too!

by Mary Mary Quite The Contrarian June 9, 2021